Getting Started Was Messy
So I stumbled on this Elio Prado thing everyone’s talking about. Honestly felt lost at first. Those guides everyone swears by? Total gibberish to me. Decided to just dive in headfirst myself. Grabbed a notebook, my phone, and a ton of coffee. Figured I’d just try stuff and see what sticks.
The Setup Stuff I Needed
First thing, I scrambled around gathering bits and pieces. Didn’t buy anything fancy, just stuff lying around:
- A blank notebook. Needed somewhere to dump ideas
- Mobile phone. Mostly used the notes app and camera
- Basic pen. For scribbling messy thoughts
- Free app. Found it by searching “simple video recorder”
Fumbling Through Step One
Started by watching Elio’s intro stuff. Wow. Information overload! Hit pause every two minutes to write down what he said in my own dumb words. Got stuck trying to “organize my core theme” like he suggested. My notebook looked like a spider threw up ink. Crossed out so many bad ideas. Finally just picked the least terrible one and moved on. Wasn’t pretty, but hey, progress.
Fighting With Simple Stuff
Recording part drove me nuts. Propped my phone against a coffee mug. First take: sounded like a robot with marbles in its mouth. Second take: neighbor started vacuuming. Third take: totally forgot what I wanted to say. Realized Elio was right about prep. Jotted a super basic script – just keywords, not sentences. Spoke slower than usual. Felt weird, but playback sounded way clearer. Who knew?
Making Simple Edits
Thought editing needed fancy tools. Wrong. Used the free editor built into my phone. Chopped out the “umm”s and long pauses. Looked up “remove background noise” in the app settings – turned out to be one button! Stuck a screenshot in the middle when my rambling got confusing. Took longer than recording, but seeing it come together felt awesome. Key was keeping it stupid simple.
Sticking to a Plan (Sorta)
This part was tough. My attention span? Minuscule. Made a promise to myself: do just 15 minutes daily. Mondays: scribble messy notes. Tuesdays: record one ugly draft. Wednesdays: edit mess into something less bad. Fridays: stare at numbers and wonder why people watch. Didn’t hit it perfect, but aiming small kept me crawling forward. Skipped a week, got back on. Important part was crawling back.
Final Thoughts After the Mess
Don’t have huge views or followers yet. But I finally get why Elio’s approach works. It forces you to start badly. No waiting for perfect setup or genius ideas. Grab whatever’s nearby, hit record, and fumble your way forward. Each video gets slightly less embarrassing. Consistency matters more than magic tools. Sounds obvious now, but took a messy notebook full of failures to learn that crawling > waiting.